Amasya

The Citadel is situated on the steep rocks of the Harsane mountain north of the city and  Yesilirmak river. While some say that it was built by the Pontus King Mithridates, it is also said that this citadel goes back to Hittite era. It was repaired during the Roman, Byzantine and Ottoman periods.

Amasya  was a fortified city high on the cliffs above the river. It has a long history as provincial capital, a wealthy city producing kings and princes, artists, scientists, poets and thinkers, from the kings of Pontus, through Strabo the geographer, to many generations of the Ottoman imperial dynasty, and up to being the location of an important moment in the life of  Ataturk. With its Ottoman-period wooden houses and the tombs of the Pontus kings carved into the cliffs overhead,  Amasya  is attractive to visitors. In recent years, investments in tourism started to increase and provided that city started to attract more foreign and domestic tourists.